Popular Post! Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted July 16, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted July 16, 2018 Incredible player but also a wonderful human being. He’s very much the anti-modern day footballer. Hope he stays with us for a long long time. Easily one of the worlds best. Unionjack, Mana, Fernando and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Heard his mum was was coming down with flu and he intercepted it. DDA, Johnnyeye and Supermonkey92 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Kante is such a humble guy. I know people will disagree, but to me he is Chelsea's most valuable player.I don't think many would disagree with that sentiment. Losing him would be the biggest blow to our team. Johnnyeye and Unionjack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liuxas 125 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Thank you, Leicester once again. You sold us best defensive midfielder in the World . Hope he stays at Chelsea forever. Hazard and mister arrogant Courtious can go but please Roman keep this humble guy in our team offer him $ as much as he wants. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Heard his mum was was coming down with flu and he intercepted it. My faves are Kante doesn't fart - nothing escapes from him! And The Duracell bunny dropped dead trying to keep up with him Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Kante is the player who should be top earner. A model professional who nev speaks bs in the press and always gives his all on the pitch. Him arbing most would drive greedy players to display the same commitment. And we should do it now not wait until Paris comes knocking bc so he feels how much we appreciate him. Johnnyeye, chelsea_4_eva, !Hazard! and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Special Juan said: Heard his mum was was coming down with flu and he intercepted it. Oh dear. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Mixed performance yesterday but the guy just deserves to be on the winning side, never mind being a key part of it. Absolutely outstanding achievement and its testament to the trajectory of his career as well, even Giroud who like Kante played in the lower divisions of French football, an amazing achievement. Just shows that hard work is vitally as important as talent and even looking at Pogba for France he is 10 times the player for them than United and I think its almost purely because of Kante. Can't wait to see him with Jorginho as well, also I think Sarri like Conte did, will get him to improve even more with the ball. The £30M or whatever he cost, was an absolute bargain. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Barcelona are more interested in signing N'Golo Kante than Willian from Chelsea, according to Spanish football expert Graham Hunter. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11833/11437412/barcelona-prefer-ngolo-kante-to-willian-says-graham-hunter fuck off Barca 😠😠😠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, the wes said: Barcelona are more interested in signing N'Golo Kante than Willian from Chelsea, according to Spanish football expert Graham Hunter. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11833/11437412/barcelona-prefer-ngolo-kante-to-willian-says-graham-hunter fuck off Barca 😠😠😠 Fuck em all mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2704137-finding-ngolo-kante-the-men-who-discovered-the-pfa-player-of-the-year great article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 @Chelsea Legend 11 You're right, Kante has never played in an uber attacking team setup. But his role is defined by Allan, as you showed. A key component of SarriBall is quick recovery of the ball and movement. Kante is the best in the world at ball recovery, and is in constant movement. We need a balanced midfield, Kante has shown he can carry the ball when need be and has shown he has a wide variety of passing capabilities. Is he going to pick those incisive passes through the lines consistently? No. Few players can, we happen to posses two of them in Cesc and Jorginho. His role will be to run around and destroy, a role in which I feel extremely comfortable he will excel at. Chelsea Legend 11, Supermonkey92 and 11Drogba 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 LMAO @ anyone who dares to suggest that Kante couldn't fit into Sarris system. There is nothing Kante can't do. Sideshow Luiz, Vesper, Unionjack and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, akgw13 said: @Chelsea Legend 11 You're right, Kante has never played in an uber attacking team setup. But his role is defined by Allan, as you showed. A key component of SarriBall is quick recovery of the ball and movement. Kante is the best in the world at ball recovery, and is in constant movement. We need a balanced midfield, Kante has shown he can carry the ball when need be and has shown he has a wide variety of passing capabilities. Is he going to pick those incisive passes through the lines consistently? No. Few players can, we happen to posses two of them in Cesc and Jorginho. His role will be to run around and destroy, a role in which I feel extremely comfortable he will excel at. Trust me I hear you, we are examining the finer margins of the game now. For me, Kante is more ball winner/anchor and Allan is more of a Box to box/shuttler type. Is there room for Kante in Sarri's system? undoubtedly. Will we get the best out of him in this system? I doubt it. He's okay in possession but not great at using the ball. I would like to see him at chelsea forever but if an offer came in for 100m, I can see the money used to address a bigger need in the club which is striker and RW. In this system Kante won't be a player of the year candidate, he'll likely be a nice piece but not as influential. I think a lesser box to box mid will have more influence in the game over a world class anchor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Chelsea Legend 11 said: Trust me I hear you, we are examining the finer margins of the game now. For me, Kante is more ball winner/anchor and Allan is more of a Box to box/shuttler type. Is there room for Kante in Sarri's system? undoubtedly. Will we get the best out of him in this system? I doubt it. He's okay in possession but not great at using the ball. I would like to see him at chelsea forever but if an offer came in for 100m, I can see the money used to address a bigger need in the club which is striker and RW. In this system Kante won't be a player of the year candidate, he'll likely be a nice piece but not as influential. I think a lesser box to box mid will have more influence in the game over a world class anchor. I respectfully disagree, I believe Kante can excel in the B2B/Shuttler type as you mentioned except i would classify it as B2B/Ball winner. Go back and watch our Barca game in the Camp Nou, he picked the ball up, beat his man and covered ground effectively moving forward. That is exactly what is expected here. His reading of the game is probably his greatest skill, freeing him up to roam the middle of the park which opens him up to a larger area to roam. Jorginho will sit in behind and can recycle smartly, while also giving Kante an easy passing option to jump start the attack. Without him I fear we would lose balance in the midfield which we will need against real opponents. That money could be used to strengthen other areas of the field but Sarri said the area where we were missing quality is Midfield, Kante is part of the solution not the problem in my eyes. The beauty of a Sarri system is the passing triangles/patterns are so driven into the player that all Kante would have to do is simply lay it off to a nearby creative player if nothing forward is available. Jorginho Kante Barkley(or RLC or Golovin) That Kante position needs to be more defensively minded or else we will get over run. I think he has the chops to succeed in the Sarri system and continue his run of being integral in every team hes been apart of. Supermonkey92 and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, akgw13 said: I respectfully disagree, I believe Kante can excel in the B2B/Shuttler type as you mentioned except i would classify it as B2B/Ball winner. Go back and watch our Barca game in the Camp Nou, he picked the ball up, beat his man and covered ground effectively moving forward. That is exactly what is expected here. His reading of the game is probably his greatest skill, freeing him up to roam the middle of the park which opens him up to a larger area to roam. Jorginho will sit in behind and can recycle smartly, while also giving Kante an easy passing option to jump start the attack. Without him I fear we would lose balance in the midfield which we will need against real opponents. That money could be used to strengthen other areas of the field but Sarri said the area where we were missing quality is Midfield, Kante is part of the solution not the problem in my eyes. The beauty of a Sarri system is the passing triangles/patterns are so driven into the player that all Kante would have to do is simply lay it off to a nearby creative player if nothing forward is available. Jorginho Kante Barkley(or RLC or Golovin) That Kante position needs to be more defensively minded or else we will get over run. I think he has the chops to succeed in the Sarri system and continue his run of being integral in every team hes been apart of. You mention Barca when we played almost entirely on the counter, I'm talking about playing with a faster pace with rhythm and continuity in attack. Again fine margins, b2b doesn't mean playing Cesc there which is where I see the midfield getting overrun. B2b means just that, someone adept at getting forward, being involved in the build up and also finishing off chances., while still being a force in the game out of possession. If we are to be a possession based team a true B2b is more valuable than a world class anchor... Jorginho is at the base of the midfield now, its a completely different way of playing football; one where certain aspects of the game take precedence over others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said: You mention Barca when we played almost entirely on the counter, I'm talking about playing with a faster pace with rhythm and continuity in attack. Again fine margins, b2b doesn't mean playing Cesc there which is where I see the midfield getting overrun. B2b means just that, someone adept at getting forward, being involved in the build up and also finishing off chances., while still being a force in the game out of possession. If we are to be a possession based team a true B2b is more valuable than a world class anchor... Jorginho is at the base of the midfield now, its a completely different way of playing football; one where certain aspects of the game take precedence over others. Where we differ is I believe Kante can be adept at getting forward and being involved in the build up. Allan has 11 goals in his entire career, in the 7 seasons before Napoli he had 3, at Napoli in 3 seasons he has had 8. He is not a goal machine but he is valuable in other ways, the same as Kante. Also, speaking of B2B you mentioned that if we sold Kante you would use the cash on a striker or RW, my question is who do we currently own that could fill that B2B role you've explained or who would you buy that could perform the role more effectively than Kante? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, akgw13 said: Where we differ is I believe Kante can be adept at getting forward and being involved in the build up. Allan has 11 goals in his entire career, in the 7 seasons before Napoli he had 3, at Napoli in 3 seasons he has had 8. He is not a goal machine but he is valuable in other ways, the same as Kante. Also, speaking of B2B you mentioned that if we sold Kante you would use the cash on a striker or RW, my question is who do we currently own that could fill that B2B role you've explained or who would you buy that could perform the role more effectively than Kante? Then that is the difference, I don't believe Kante is the type of player who can get forward and effectively be involved. And Allan's game is more than goals, its assists, dribbling, breaking up play... He's an all around midfielder whereas as Kante is a specialist... so not the same as Kante. Yes, I would spend 100m on a striker or around that for a goal scoring winger then use the money from the sale of Morata or Willian to fund a B2B mid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Chelsea Legend 11 said: Then that is the difference, I don't believe Kante is the type of player who can get forward and effectively be involved. And Allan's game is more than goals, its assists, dribbling, breaking up play... He's an all around midfielder whereas as Kante is a specialist... so not the same as Kante. Yes, I would spend 100m on a striker or around that for a goal scoring winger then use the money from the sale of Morata or Willian to fund a B2B mid. I don't think either of us will agree with the rating of Allan or Kante. Regardless we will get to see how he performs this year in the system. You still haven't answered my 2nd question: Who do we currently have or who would you buy(that is somewhat available) to be this B2B player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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